Differences in graph-related practices between high school biology textbooks and scientific ecology journals

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 977-1019

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Bowen, G Michael ^a   McGinn, Michelle K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000004670     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(199911)36:9<977::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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